Saturday, February 15, 2014

DC DC CONVERTER FIELD TEST

We have tested the DC DC converter in field yesterday in SALEM. The two units are working more satisfactorily than we expected. We connected two solar panels of 100Watt in series to get the 40Volts on no-load and 36Volts on load (Battery). The test is continued till the shade falls on the panels at 5:30. For 2hrs the battery gets fully charged.

Improvements in the 2nd unit:-

There was a high frequency humming sound in the transformer. To reduce that we increased the turns ratio from 7:5 to 8:6. We added two high voltage capacitors (1000uF & 0.1uF) at the input to remove spikes. We relocated the diode to improve the heat dissipation. The MOSFET and Diodes are placed in the front and back panel respectively. The raise in temperature of panels is less than the previous unit.

The pictures of 2nd unit are given below.






The schematic diagram is shown below.



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